The ISSP Fellow is a status bestowed on a member within a society, granted based on long-standing and continuous significant involvement in the society. The Distinguished International Sport Psychology Award and the ISSP Honour Award overlap to some degree with the proposed ISSP Fellow Status. The overlaps are in regards to a substantive contribution to ISSP or the broader global landscape of sport and exercise psychology.

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What differentiates a Fellows status from the other awards already in existence, is that the ISSP Fellows status is a longstanding title bestowed upon an active ISSP member, as opposed to an award one receives in relation to a specific conference, which then becomes part of one’s past accomplishments. The Fellows status then becomes a title that can add to one’s credentials, so long as the ongoing requirements denoted for the title continue to be met.